'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for February 25th, 2015
by Paul W. Thompson
- Feb 26, 2015
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. The Mosh Pit's Oscar wrap-up, plus BIC's 'First Wives Club,' 'Book Of Mormon' and 'For The Record,' Theater Wit's 'Mr. Burns,' Porchlight's 'City Of Angels' and Bailiwick's 'Murder Ballad.' Upcoming, The Hypocrites' 'American Idiot,' a new theater in the Wisconsin Dells, and two evenings with The Improvised Sondheim Project!
BWW Reviews: BOOK OF MORMON Shares Irreverent Fun
by Marietta Lunceford
- Feb 23, 2015
BOOK OF MORMON is as off color and irreverent as you might have heard, but it has substance and meaning as well. The music is great and the talent top notch. Old fuddy-duddys should stay home, but for everyone else, you will be hard pressed to find a funnier, more entertaining show.
BWW Reviews: THE BOOK OF MORMON at Tennessee Performing Arts Center
by Cara Richardson
- Nov 21, 2014
Nashville has been blessed this week with the national touring production of The Book of Mormon. Since storming onto Broadway in 2011 and walking away with eleven Tony awards that season, The Book of Mormon has crossed from being a Broadway phenomenon to becoming a pop culture staple. If you ask anyone, chances are pretty good that they've at least heard of The Book of Mormon musical.
BWW Reviews: BOOK OF MORMON Scores a Red-State Victory
by Jeffrey Ellis
- Nov 19, 2014
Two weeks after conservative Tennessee voters turned the Volunteer State a deeper shade of red and some three years after I was told The Book of Mormon likely would never play the Tennessee Performing Arts Center because its plot is too outlandish, its book too profane, its tenor too irreverent, the second national touring company of the nine-time Tony Award-winning musical came to Nashville and gave audiences a much-needed jolt of electricity that elicited one of the longest, uninterrupted standing ovations I've ever witnessed in TPAC's Jackson Hall.
THE BOOK OF MORMON Comes to Chicago in Feb; Tickets On Sale Nov 16
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 23, 2014
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record breaking 43 week run in 2012-2013, returns to Chicago for a limited engagement February 24 through May 17, 2015 at Broadway In Chicago's Bank of America Theatre (18 W Monroe). THE BOOK OF MORMON holds the record for the largest weekly gross in the history of the Bank of America Theatre and played to over 100 performance capacity during its 2012-2013 engagement.
THE BOOK OF MORMON Stars Parody Classic Movie Posters
by Pat Cerasaro
- Jul 9, 2014
The current leads of THE BOOK OF MORMON on Broadway, Kyle Selig and Cody Jamison Strand, enact a hilarious series of poses paying homage to some classic movie posters as part of a new social media post titled 'Mormon Companion'.
BWW Reviews: THE BOOK OF MORMON
by Ellen Sterling
- Jun 16, 2014
Those who aren't among the 15,082,028 people (6,398,889 in the United States) in the world's 29,253 congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - the Mormon Church - probably don't know much about that religion. I am one of those people. In fact, the one thing I absolutely believe in is musical theater. I don't claim it as a religion, but I do claim it can cure a host of ills and know that its devotees are fervid in their faith in the curative power of a good musical. I am supremely grateful that I saw my first Broadway show at the age of 5 and that my faith in that art form has never wavered in the least. Now, The Book of Mormon has reinforced that faith.
BWW Reviews: THE BOOK OF MORMON Is Still Something Incredible
by Michael L. Quintos
- May 16, 2014
After being on the road for almost two years now, the hilarious Tony Award-winning Broadway musical hit THE BOOK OF MORMON has finally made its way inside the OC... And, man, it's about frikkin' time. All that hype and hyperbole about just how amazing this show is isn't an exaggeration; every accolade this show has received since its bow is indeed much-deserved. The giddy, uber-devilish musical continues its two-week mission at Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Center for the Arts through May 25.
BroadwayWorld is Most Thankful For: Long Running Shows- THE BOOK OF MORMON
by BWW Special Coverage
- Dec 1, 2013
It's Broadway's long-running shows that keep Times Square bustling year-round with theatre-goers from around the world who are making it to the Great White Way for their first time. The Book of Mormon is now in its third year at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it has played over 1120 performances.
Nic Rouleau & Ben Platt to Join THE BOOK OF MORMON on Broadway in January
by Nicole Rosky
- Oct 21, 2013
THE BOOK OF MORMON's tour stars Nic Rouleau and Ben Platt just announced via Twitter that they will soon join the Broadway company, replacing Matt Doyle (Elder Price) and Cody Jamison Strand (Elser Cunningham) respectively. Rouleau wrote: 'Thrilled to announce that Heavenly Father is sending me back to Broadway to serve another mission at @BookofMormon in January!!' Platt wrote: 'Bursting with excitement to finally announce that I will be joining the Broadway company of @BookofMormon this January!! #DreamComeTrue #NYC'
They Make 'Em Laugh!- The Funniest Stars on Broadway Today
by BWW Special Coverage
- Aug 8, 2013
Even the most tragic stories need a bit of comic relief, and that rule that holds up on the Great White Way. Broadway certainly has a sense of humor this season, with hilarity popping up in musicals and plays alike. Below, BroadwayWorld features Broadway stars that are making 'em laugh eight times a week.
Meet the Hottest Stars of the Summer 2013 Broadway Season!
by BWW Special Coverage
- Aug 2, 2013
Summertime is an important season for Broadway, with tourists flocking from all over to check out the stars they watched on the Tony Awards, be the first to visit the newest additions to the Broadway line-up, and even stop back at an old favorite.
Need help keeping track of Broadway's newest and most buzzed-about performers? BroadwayWorld brings you a roundup of the hottest stars of the summer below!
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